Teresa, Bright and Dark

To the Newsweek editorial board and corporate management --- you have been hoisted on your own petard! The absurdity of providing a review written by Christopher Hitchens of the Come Be My Light book about Mother Teresa's correspondences points directly to your secular humanist obsession and folly. Would you pick an aborigine with no formal education to provide a review of a book written in Portuguese about nuclear weaponry? No. They would be a very poor source of insight into an area about which they know nothing including the language of the content. Christopher Hitchens may as well be an aborigine for all he knows or understands about the dimensions of faith and spirituality. Yet, there you go hoisting his ignorance onto the pages of your magazine to provide an "exclusive" discussion of Mother Teresa's faith ( as displayed in her letters ) about which he possesses no comprehension. Perhaps you would like to have Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provide your next column on a book about the Holocaust written by an authenticated survivor?

I delayed responding to your atrocity until I actually had a chance to read Come Be My Light. The love bestowed on others by Mother Teresa as she faced her burden of sharing the pain on the cross made as a sacrifice by Jesus Christ for the absolution of our sins made my admiration for her even stronger. The rest of the world recognized her faith in how she lived. You will also be measured by what you have done. I will pray for your souls.

Wake up before you go to....oh, never mind you don't believe it exists anyhow.

Ken Pulvino

Dear Christopher: That Mother Teresa suffered so is truly heartbreaking. It's easy to persevere when you are sure of your way, it must have taken great courage and strength for her to continue when she had so many doubts and was so deeply troubled. I'm sure that God loved her very much. As for God. God is indeed Great. And God is very, very real. God is as real as the earth upon which we stand, which He created. And He loves us more than we could ever imagine, for we are His children.

Was Jesus the Son of God? He was, is, and always will be the Son of God and the Savior for all those who choose to accept Him. His love knows no limits and it will go on for all eternity. His love does not recognize national boundaries or the color of a person???s skin, nor does He recognize political parties or any of the other many ways we divide ourselves. For Jesus loves every single person with a love so amazing and so complete that for over 2,000 years, millions have followed Him and millions more will continue to do so. Is Jesus the Son of God? There can be only one answer to such a question, and that answer is a resounding and absolute ???yes. And no amount of debate will ever change that fact. Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God and the Savior of our World. He gave His all for us and one day He will return. Be ready.-Theresa Fleming